Cardinals mob pitcher Chris Carpenter after his 3 hit shutout over the Phillies
This one was billed a number of ways, one for the ages, two of the best in the game, friend vs. friend etc, etc. Either way you look at it game five of the 2011 NLDS between St. Louis’ Chris Carpenter and Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay was a classic for sure and will go down in history as one of the best playoff...

Do we have public consensus as to exactly how abysmal the network TV coverage of MLB Postseason has been? Have we learned nothing from repeated attempts to put major sporting events in the hands of those who are not experts? NHL on NBC. ABC Monday Night Baseball. NBC & ESPN Arena Football. Numerous permutations of “soccer” from MISL to MLS. USFL? WLAF? XFL? UFL? The CFL on NFL ...

I'll admit I have not seen a FOX broadcast of a Major League Baseball regular season game in years. I did not see Saturday's FOX game live but I'm sad that I didn't, because it might have been the death knell for long-suffering broadcaster Tim McCarver. I first encountered McCarver as a Mets broadcaster but also knew him as a Phillies catcher years before. The problem being that McCarver has go...